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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "in their country? They have not. I know the law and legal principals of equity. Equity demands that he who seeks equity must do equity. Equity in this sense would mean that if they are seeking equity from us as the Government of Kenya, they should be willing, ready and able to do equity especially to the Meru County people. It also says in equity that he who comes to equity must not come with dirty hands. They are coming to us to seek equity but with dirty hands. That is because they failed to listen to us when we needed them most. Maybe, I would not be saying this if I never travelled to the UK to plead with them not to ban miraa at that point in time, but to allow us some time to organize ourselves. Why did they disregard us? It is said, “ Scratch my back and I scratch yours .” They refused to scratch our backs! Why am I being asked to scratch theirs? It has been said by previous speakers that we should not put personal interests before national interests. This is not a personal interest. It is about the Meru community. It is about communal interest. I am protecting the interests of the Meru people, when I decide today with my vote that this DCA should not be adopted. I will be protecting the interest of the Meru Community. Let me The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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